Proposal would yield toughest defense of gun rights in U.S.

Iowa moves to protect gun rights by incorporating new laws into their constitution.

Proposal would yield toughest defense of gun rights in U.S.

Representative Matt Windschitl, a Republican from Missouri Valley, says Iowa is one of just six states with a constitution that does not provide “gun rights” to its citizens.

“I’ve gotten a lot of people who have talked to me about stuff like this. Why don’t we have that protection in our constitution?” Windschitl says. “There’s a great unease out there.”

If adopted, this proposal would be the toughest constitutional defense of gun rights in the country. Representative Deborah Berry, a Democrat from Waterloo, says she supports the “second amendment rights” spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.

“You know my father was a hunter and so I know all that, but I think sometimes there are some consequences to some of the things we do related to guns and what have you and I’m concerned about that,” Berry says. She says she wants to know more about the proposal before she’ll decide whether to support or oppose it.

What is Deborah talking about? I like the "...and what have you.... " part.